News From Around the League - Part XL

[guitarguyvic]

no real reason it would affect the game either way i guess.....i just think that players should have the right to choose. if they dont care about their eyes then who is to say they should have to put a visor on

personally i never liked wearing the full cage for pickup games so i modified the shape of something like this mask below to fit over my face while using an yzerman style old school CCM helmet. i also widened the eyes slightly to get a bit more peripheral vision.

How about the people that pay them millions to be on the ice doing what they are paid to do rather than sitting up in the press box watching the game with one eye?

And if the players don't like it, they can forego their millions and go play in a second rate league half a world away.

 

[Bleedred]

Too accurate a depiction of the Penguins goaltending situation.

LOL my god!

 

[aboriginal]

i dont get it

 

[battlingBard56]

How about the people that pay them millions to be on the ice doing what they are paid to do rather than sitting up in the press box watching the game with one eye?

And if the players don't like it, they can forego their millions and go play in a second rate league half a world away.

I second this. The players are doing a job they're getting paid millions to do. Considering how much they make, they have a responsibility to keep themselves healthy any way they can. It's on the league to set forth the rules to protect their workers any way they can as well, which is what they appear to be doing.

Like you said, if the players want "to choose" they can also choose to play in a league that doesn't give a rats ass about their health.

 

[Unknown Caller]

i dont get it

Something about the summer.

 

[njdevils1982]

I second this. The players are doing a job they're getting paid millions to do. Considering how much they make, they have a responsibility to keep themselves healthy any way they can. It's on the league to set forth the rules to protect their workers any way they can as well, which is what they appear to be doing.

Like you said, if the players want "to choose" they can also choose to play in a league that doesn't give a rats ass about their health.

why stop at visors then? go full face shield or cages...or will this cause players to be more reckless and have less repect to keeping sticks down?

 

[Status Quo*]

LOL my god!

done. close up shop. the internet has seen it all.

 

[MartyOwns]

Too accurate a depiction of the Penguins goaltending situation.

funny and all, but i dont think anyone on the professional level is blaming vokoun whatsoever for their predicament...kinda ridic to do so

 

[Richer's Ghost]

funny and all, but i dont think anyone on the professional level is blaming vokoun whatsoever for their predicament...kinda ridic to do so

no, but go back the trade deadline and Vokoun was not getting hardly any games (from memory) and had crapped the bed in his last few outings as backup. MAF was looking decent but we all know MAF has the propensity to collapse under playoff pressure at times. That's why I was seriously expecting them to trade for Luongo as the final piece of that playoff build-up. They didn't and I think I even referenced all that firepower up front that can't be resigned and they are gambling that goaltending won't be the weak link in that chain...

MAF craps the bed in the early round, Vokoun steps in to become the hero but he can't erase the blood in the water so to speak and the feeding frenzy is on. Mental side of the game says the Penguins are shaky in net with no clear #1 and that's enough in the playoffs to put a gaping hole in the hull and sink your chances. Sure we can point to the lack of scoring up front but we saw those scoring chances last night - the Pens easily could have score 5 or 6 goals if not for Rask but confidence is a hell of a drug and I think the goaltending issue only boosted that confidence for the Bruins walking into this round. One could look at Vancouver and what happened with Snyder and see the same phenomena of what happens when your starter isn't starting at the most critical time of the year.

When exactly did Vokoun become the starter - about game 3 or 4 of the first round vs. the Islanders? Seems like it was then.

 

[SeidoN]

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[ScottyK]

@SlavaMalamud: Bobrovsky talks to Sport-Express, says "we are talking to both Columbus and SKA" #CBJ

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

its going to be hilarious if he won the NHL 14 cover vote then bolts to the KHL

 

[Devils Dominion]

Marty got more votes, Bobbrovsky is not worthy of the cover yet.

 

[Cowbell232]

its going to be hilarious if he won the NHL 14 cover vote then bolts to the KHL

It'd be even better if he lost and used that has his excuse to leave.

 

[VaxjoDevil]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/john-tortorella-pacing-around-penn-station-screami,32726/

 

[NJDevs26]

If you want something to do on a rainy Friday, here's the complete and official CBA:

http://www.nhlpa.com/inside-nhlpa/collective-bargaining-agreement

 

[Bleedred]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/john-tortorella-pacing-around-penn-station-screami,32726/

Haha! I got a good laugh!

 

[ScottyK]

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 45s
Stars have acquired Sergei Gonchar from Ottawa for a sixth round pick. Lots of talk he'll go to KHL.

 

[Wingman77]

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 45s
Stars have acquired Sergei Gonchar from Ottawa for a sixth round pick. Lots of talk he'll go to KHL.

A 6th huh

Even PL3 got us a 5th

 

[hlaverty06]

He's going to the KHL, dumb trade

 

[manilaNJ]

Pick is conditional. No real risk involved other than potentially icing Gonchar on a team that's already pretty old and slow.

 

[apice3*]

I highly doubt Gonchar WANTS to go to the KHL

 

[ScottyK]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 1m
Talks between Gonchar's camp and the Stars have already begun, FYI

 

[Wingman77]

If Gonchar and the Stars work out a deal it'll be a nice acquisition for a 6th rounder

Not sure why the Stars keep bringing in older guys who aren't what they once were though, can't figure out what exactly their plan is

They have some good young guys to build around and haven't done so

 

[devilsblood]

why stop at visors then? go full face shield or cages...or will this cause players to be more reckless and have less repect to keeping sticks down?

Eye ball, and potentiality to go blind. Missing teeth? Part of hockey.

Although somewhere way down the road, if u see more damaging injuries, whether it be by puck stick or skate, I think the idea of wearing full face shields will be bandied about.